User equipment

ABSTRACT

The included are a control unit that determines a configuration for a transmission of a scheduling request based on whether the scheduling request is for a communication between a base station apparatus and the user equipment or the scheduling request is for a communication between the user equipment and another user equipment; a transmitting unit that transmits the scheduling request by using the configuration for the transmission of the determined scheduling request; and a receiving unit that receives a scheduling grant based on the scheduling request.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to user equipment in a radio communication system.

BACKGROUND ART

For LTE (Long Term Evolution) and LTE successor systems (e.g., LTE-A (LTE Advanced), NR (New Radio) (which is also referred to as 5G), D2D (Device to Device) technology has been studied in which units of user equipment directly communicate without going through a base station apparatus (e.g., Non-Patent Document 1).

D2D reduces traffic between user equipment and a base station apparatus, and D2D allows communication between units of user equipment, even if a base station apparatus is unable to communicate during a disaster or the like. In 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project), D2D is referred to as “sidelink.” However, in this specification, a more generic term, D2D, is used. Note that, in the embodiments described below, “sidelink” is also used, if necessary.

D2D communication is broadly classified into D2D discovery (which may also be referred to as D2D discovery or D2D detection) for detecting another unit of user equipment that is capable of communicating; and D2D communication (which may also be referred to as D2D direct communication, D2D communication, inter-terminal direct communication, or the like) for direct communication between units of user equipment. In the following, if D2D communication, D2D discovery, and the like are not particularly distinguished, they are simply referred to as D2D. Furthermore, signals transmitted and received in D2D are referred to as D2D signals. Various use cases of services related to NR V2X (Vehicle to Everything) have been studied (e.g., Non-Patent Document 2).

RELATED ART DOCUMENT Non-Patent Document

-   Non-Patent Document 1: 3GPP TS 36.211 V15.3.0(2018-09) -   Non-Patent Document 2: 3GPP TR 22.886 V15.1.0(2017-03)

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Problem to be Solved by the Invention

In inter-terminal direct communication according to V2X, a transmission mode can be applied in which a base station apparatus performs scheduling, and a user equipment transmits a scheduling request to the base station apparatus. At this time, since a candidate for a data transmission destination from the user equipment is a base station apparatus or any other user equipment, there is a need for clarifying whether the scheduling request is for requesting a data transmission resource assignment from the base station apparatus or the scheduling request is for requesting a data transmission resource assignment from the other user equipment.

The present invention has been accomplished in view of the above-described point, and an object is to appropriately process a scheduling request for inter-terminal direct communication.

Means for Solving the Problem

According to the disclosed technology, there is provided a user equipment including a control unit that determines a configuration for a transmission of a scheduling request based on whether the scheduling request is for a communication between a base station apparatus and the user equipment or the scheduling request is for a communication between the user equipment and another user equipment; a transmitting unit that transmits the scheduling request by using the configuration for the transmission of the determined scheduling request; and a receiving unit that receives a scheduling grant based on the scheduling request.

Advantage of the Invention

According to the disclosed technology, an object is to appropriately process a scheduling request for inter-terminal direct communication.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a diagram for illustrating V2X;

FIG. 2 is a diagram for illustrating an example (1) of a transmission mode of V2X;

FIG. 3 is a diagram for illustrating an example (2) of a transmission mode of V2X;

FIG. 4 is a diagram for illustrating an example (3) of a transmission mode of V2X;

FIG. 5 is a diagram for illustrating an example (4) of a transmission mode of V2X;

FIG. 6 is a diagram for illustrating an example (5) of a transmission mode of V2X;

FIG. 7 is a diagram for illustrating an example (1) of a communication type of V2X;

FIG. 8 is a diagram for illustrating an example (2) of a communication type of V2X;

FIG. 9 is a diagram for illustrating an example (3) of a communication type of V2X;

FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram for illustrating an example (1) of scheduling request according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a sequence diagram for illustrating an example (2) of scheduling request according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of a base station apparatus 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of a user equipment 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention; and

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the base station apparatus 10 or a user equipment 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION

In the following, embodiments of the present invention are described by referring to the drawings. The embodiments described below are an example, and embodiments to which the present invention is applied are not limited to the following embodiments.

In an operation of a radio communication system of the embodiments of the present invention, existing technology is appropriately used. Here, the existing technology is, for example, existing LTE but not limited to existing LTE. Further, the term “LTE” used in this specification has a broad meaning including LTE-Advanced and a system subsequent to LTE-Advanced (for example, NR), or a wireless Local Area Network (LAN) unless as otherwise specified.

In the embodiments of the present invention, a duplex method may be a Time Division Duplex (TDD) method, a Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) method, or any other method (e.g., Flexible Duplex, or the like).

Furthermore, in an embodiment of the present invention, when a radio parameter or the like is “configured”, it may mean that a predetermined value is “pre-configured” or it may mean that a radio parameter provided by notification from the base station apparatus 10 or the user equipment 20 is configured.

FIG. 1 is a diagram for illustrating V2X. In 3GPP, implementation of vehicle to everything (V2X) or enhanced V2X (eV2X) by extending a D2D function has been studied, and technical specification documentation development thereof is in progress. As illustrated in FIG. 1, V2X is a part of intelligent transport systems (ITS) and is a generic term of vehicle to vehicle (V2V) meaning a communication mode performed between vehicles, vehicle to infrastructure (V2I) meaning a communication mode performed between a vehicle and a road-side unit (RSU) installed on a road side, vehicle to Network (V2N) meaning a communication mode performed between a vehicle and an ITS server, and vehicle to pedestrian (V2P) meaning a communication mode performed between a vehicle and a mobile terminal carried by a pedestrian.

Furthermore, in 3GPP, V2X has been studied that uses cellular communication and inter-terminal communication according to LTE or NR. V2X using cellular communication may be referred to as cellular V2X. For NR V2X, a study has been progressed to achieve a large capacity, low latency, high reliability, and a Quality of Service (QoS) control.

It is assumed that, in V2X according to LTE or NR, a study that is not limited to the 3GPP specification will be progressed. For example, it is expected that the following items will be studied: ensuring interoperability; cost efficiency for implementing a higher layer; combining or switching multiple RATS (Radio Access Technologies); supporting regulations in each country; and data retrieving, delivering, database management, and use of a V2X platform according to LTE or NR.

In the embodiments of the present invention, a form in which the communication device is installed on a vehicle is mainly assumed, but embodiments of the present invention are not limited to this form. For example, the communication device may be a terminal carried by a person, the communication device may be a device installed in a drone or an aircraft, and the communication device may be a base station, an RSU, a relay station (relay node), a user equipment provided with scheduling capability, or the like.

Note that sidelink (SL) may be distinguished from uplink (UL) or downlink (DL) based on one of the following 1) to 4) or a combination thereof. Furthermore, SL may have any other name.

1) A resource allocation in a time domain

2) A resource allocation in a frequency domain

3) A synchronization signal to be referred to (including a sidelink synchronization signal (SLSS))

4) A reference signal used for path loss measurement for transmission power control.

Furthermore, for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) of SL or UL, any one of cyclic-prefix OFDM (CP-OFDM), discrete Fourier transform-spread-OFDM (DFT-S-OFDM), OFDM without transform precoding, and OFDM with transform precoding may be applied.

In SL of LTE, Mode 3 and Mode 4 are specified for SL resource allocation to the user equipment 20. In Mode 3, transmission resources are dynamically allocated in accordance with downlink control information (DCI) transmitted from the base station apparatus 10 to the user equipment 20. In Mode 3, semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) can be performed as well. In Mode 4, the user equipment 20 autonomously selects transmission resources from a resource pool.

A slot in an embodiment of the present invention may be replaced with a symbol, a mini slot, a subframe, a radio frame, a transmission time interval (TTI), or the like. Furthermore, a cell in an embodiment of the present invention may be replaced with a cell group, a carrier component, a BWP, a resource pool, a resource, a Radio Access Technology (RAT), or a system (including a wireless LAN).

FIG. 2 is a diagram for illustrating an example (1) of transmission mode of V2X. In a sidelink communication transmission mode illustrated in FIG. 2, in step 1, the base station apparatus 10 transmits sidelink scheduling to user equipment 20A. Subsequently, the user equipment 20A transmits a Physical Sidelink Control Channel (PSCCH) and a Physical Sidelink Shared Channel (PSSCH) to the user equipment 20B based on the received scheduling (step 2). The transmission mode of the sidelink communication illustrated in FIG. 2 may be referred to as a sidelink transmission mode 3 in LTE. The sidelink transmission mode 3 in LTE performs Uu-based sidelink scheduling. Uu is a radio interface between Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network

(UTRAN) and User Equipment (UE). Note that the transmission mode of sidelink communication illustrated in FIG. 2 may be referred to as a sidelink transmission mode 1 in NR.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for illustrating an example (2) of transmission mode of V2X. In a sidelink communication transmission mode illustrated in FIG. 3, in step 1, the user equipment 20A transmits PSCCH and PSSCH to the user equipment 20B using an autonomously selected resource. The transmission mode of the sidelink communication illustrated in FIG. 3 may be referred to as a sidelink transmission mode 4 in LTE. In the sidelink transmission mode 4 in LTE, the UE itself performs resource selection.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for illustrating an example (3) of transmission mode of V2X. In the sidelink communication transmission mode illustrated in FIG. 4, in step 1, the user equipment 20A transmits PSCCH and PSSCH to the user equipment 20B using an autonomously selected resource. Likewise, the user equipment 20B transmits PSCCH and PSSCH to the user equipment 20A using an autonomously selected resource (step 1). The transmission mode of sidelink communication illustrated in FIG. 4 may be referred to as a sidelink transmission mode 2 a in NR. In the sidelink transmission mode 2 in NR, the UE itself executes resource selection.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for illustrating an example (4) of transmission mode of V2X. In the sidelink communication transmission mode illustrated in FIG. 5, in step 0, the base station apparatus 10 transmits a scheduling grant of a sidelink to the user equipment 20A via a Radio Resource Control (RRC) configuration. Subsequently, the user equipment 20A transmits PSSCH to the user equipment 20B based on the received scheduling (step 1). Alternatively, the user equipment 20A transmits PSSCH to the user equipment 20B based on a configuration predefined by a technical specification document. The transmission mode of sidelink communication illustrated in FIG. 5 may be referred to as a sidelink transmission mode 2 c in NR.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for illustrating an example (5) of transmission mode of V2X. In a sidelink communication transmission mode illustrated in FIG. 6, in step 1, the user equipment 20A transmits sidelink scheduling to the user equipment 20B via PSCCH. Subsequently, the user equipment 20B transmits PSSCH to the user equipment 20A based on the received scheduling (step 2). That is, one user equipment 20 schedules another user equipment 20. The transmission mode of the sidelink communication illustrated in FIG. 6 may be referred to as a sidelink transmission mode 2 d in NR.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for illustrating an example (1) of a communication type of V2X. The communication type of the sidelink illustrated in FIG. 7 is unicast. The user equipment 20A transmits

PSCCH and PSSCH to the user equipment 20. In the example illustrated in FIG. 7, the user equipment 20A performs unicast to the user equipment 20B and performs unicast to the user equipment 20C.

FIG. 8 is a diagram for illustrating an example (2) of a communication type of V2X. The sidelink communication type illustrated in FIG. 8 is groupcast. The user equipment 20A transmits PSCCH and PSSCH to a group to which one or more units of user equipment 20 belong. In the example illustrated in FIG. 8, the group includes the user equipment 20B and the user equipment 20C, and the user equipment 20A performs groupcast to the group.

FIG. 9 is a diagram for illustrating an example (3) of a communication type of V2X. The communication type of the sidelink illustrated in FIG. 9 is broadcast. The user equipment 20A transmits PSCCH and PSSCH to one or more units of user equipment 20. In the example illustrated in FIG. 9, the user equipment 20A performs broadcast to the user equipment 20B, the user equipment 20C, and the user equipment 20D.

In NR-V2X, HARQ is supported for unicast and groupcast of sidelink. Furthermore, in NR-V2X, Sidelink Feedback Control Information (SFCI) including a HARQ response is defined. Furthermore, transmitting of SFCI via a Physical Sidelink Feedback Channel (PSFCH) has been studied.

Here, in the sidelink transmission mode 1 in NR illustrated in FIG. 2, it is desired to distinguish whether the scheduling request transmitted by the user equipment 20 is a scheduling request (scheduling request for Uu) requesting assignment of data transmission resources to the base station apparatus, or is a scheduling request (scheduling request about SL) requesting assignment of data transmission resource to a user equipment. Furthermore, it is necessary to define processing for a case where multiple scheduling requests exist simultaneously.

FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram for illustrating an example (1) of scheduling request according to an embodiment of the present invention. In step S11, the user equipment 20A transmits a scheduling request to the base station apparatus 10. Subsequently, the base station apparatus 10 transmits a scheduling grant to the user equipment 20A (S12). Subsequently, the user equipment 20A transmits PSSCH to the user equipment 20B based on the received scheduling grant (S13).

FIG. 11 is a sequence diagram for illustrating an example (2) of scheduling request according to an embodiment of the present invention. In step S21, the user equipment 20A transmits a scheduling request to the base station apparatus 10. Subsequently, the base station apparatus 10 transmits a scheduling grant to the user equipment 20A (S22). Subsequently, the user equipment 20A transmits PUSCH to the base station apparatus 10 based on the received scheduling grant (S23).

For the scheduling request for SL illustrated in FIG. 10 and the scheduling request for Uu illustrated in FIG. 11, configurations for scheduling requests by higher layer parameters may be defined. For example, a new higher layer parameter for a scheduling request indicating whether it is a scheduling request for Uu or a scheduling request for SL may be introduced. A configuration parameter of a scheduling request for Uu may be reused. At this time, individual signaling indicating a scheduling request for Uu or a scheduling request for SL may be used. For example, in a case where a scheduling request scrambled by Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI) used for SL is transmitted, it may imply that the scheduling request is for SL, and in a case where a scheduling request scrambled by RNTI (for example, C-RNTI) used for Uu is transmitted, it may imply that the scheduling request is for Uu.

The user equipment 20 may be able to distinguish between a scheduling request for Uu and a scheduling request for SL based on a resource, a format, an id, a RNTI, or the like according to which the scheduling request is transmitted. The id may be a schedulingRequestResourceId (SRid) that is a higher layer parameter. Furthermore, when there are multiple SL connections, the user equipment 20 can identify which SL connection the scheduling request is for based on a resource, a format, an id, a RNTI, and the like according to which the scheduling request is transmitted.

In addition, in a case where a resource that can send a scheduling request for Uu and a resource that can send a scheduling request for SL overlap in at least one symbol, the operation illustrated in (A) to (E) below may be defined in advance or configured. The “overlap” may be overlap in a time domain, overlap in a frequency domain, or overlap in a code domain. Note that a resource that can transmit a scheduling request may be allocated in a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH).

(A) The user equipment 20 prioritizes a scheduling request for Uu and drops a scheduling request for SL.

(B) The user equipment 20 prioritizes a scheduling request for SL, and drops a scheduling request for Uu.

(C) Either a scheduling request for Uu or a scheduling request for SL is selected and transmitted by the user equipment 20.

(D) Using different resources, both a scheduling request for Uu and a scheduling request for SL are transmitted.

(E) Transmission is performed as in (E-1) to (E-3) below using the same resource.

(E-1) In a case where K scheduling requests overlap, a negative or positive scheduling request is sent using the K bit. Thus, one or more positive scheduling requests can be transmitted.

(E-2) In a case where K scheduling requests overlap, a negative or positive scheduling request is transmitted using ceil(log₂(K+1)) bits. Accordingly, one positive scheduling request can be transmitted.

(E-3) The order of K scheduling requests of (E-1) or (E-2) is determined in ascending or descending order based on the value of SRid which is a higher layer parameter. That is, in (E-1), K bits correspond to K scheduling requests in order. In (E-2), by using ceil(log₂(K+1)) bits, one position in the order of K scheduling requests is transmitted to indicate which scheduling request it corresponds to.

The sidelink transmission type requested by the user equipment 20 may be identified by a resource, a format, an id, a RNTI, a higher layer parameter, or the like according to which a sidelink scheduling request is transmitted. By using a different resource depending on whether a resource of a scheduling request is, for example, unicast, group cast, or broadcast, the base station apparatus 10 or the user equipment 20 that performs scheduling may be notified of whether the scheduling request is for unicast, groupcast, or broadcast.

According to the above-described embodiments, the user equipment 20 can transmit a scheduling request by switching a configuration for the scheduling request in accordance with whether the scheduling request is for Uu or SL. Furthermore, the user equipment 20 can notify whether a scheduling request is for Uu or SL based on a resource, a format, an id, or a RNTI when transmitting a scheduling request for a sidelink. Furthermore, the user equipment 20 can notify which sidelink connection among a plurality of sidelink connections a scheduling request is for based on a resource, a format, an id, or a RNTI when transmitting the scheduling request for the sidelink. In addition, when the scheduling request for Uu overlaps the scheduling request for SL, an apparatus that has received the scheduling request can appropriately execute scheduling based on a process that is defined in advance or configured.

Namely, a scheduling request for inter-terminal direct communication can be appropriately processed.

Note that, in the above-described embodiments in which the base station apparatus 10 schedules inter-terminal communication (i.e., the sidelink transmission mode 1) may be applied to a case where the user equipment 20 having scheduling capability schedules inter-terminal communication (i.e., a sidelink transmission mode 2 d). At this time, the scheduling request for Uu may be replaced with a scheduling request for communication with the user equipment 20 having scheduling capability. Moreover, the scheduling request for SL may be replaced with a scheduling request for communication with a user equipment 20 other than the user equipment 20 having the scheduling capability. Furthermore, PUCCH may be replaced with PSFCH, PSCCH, or PSSCH, and a channel for transmitting a scheduling request is not limited thereto.

(Device Configuration)

Next, a functional configuration example of each of the base station apparatus 10 and the user equipment 20 that execute the processes and the operation described so far is described. Each of the base station apparatus 10 and the user equipment 20 has the function of implementing the embodiments. Here, each of the base station apparatus 10 and the user equipment 20 may have only some of the functions in the embodiments.

<Base Station Apparatus 10>

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the base station apparatus 10. As illustrated in FIG. 12, the base station apparatus 10 has a transmitting unit 110, a receiving unit 120, a configuring unit 130, and a control unit 140. The functional configuration illustrated in FIG. 12 is merely an example. As long as the operation according to the embodiments of the present invention can be executed, the functional classification and the name of the functional unit may be any classification and name.

The transmitting unit 110 has a function of generating a signal to be transmitted to the user equipment 20 and transmitting the signal through radio. The receiving unit 120 has a function of receiving various types of signals transmitted from the user equipment 20 and obtaining, for example, information of a higher layer from the received signals. The transmitting unit 110 has a function of transmitting the NR-PSS, the NR-SSS, the NR-PBCH, the DL/UL control signal, the DL reference signal, or the like to the user equipment 20.

The configuring unit 130 stores pre-configured configuration information and various types of configuration information to be transmitted to the user equipment 20 in the storage device and reads the configuration information from the storage device as necessary. For example, content of the configuration information is, for example, information related to a configuration of the D2D communication or the like.

As described in the embodiments, the control unit 140 performs a process related to the configuration used for the user equipment 20 to perform the D2D communication. Furthermore, the control unit 140 transmits scheduling for D2D communication to the user equipment 20 through the transmitting unit 110. A functional unit related to signal transmission in the control unit 140 may be included in the transmitting unit 110, and a functional unit related to signal reception in the control unit 140 may be included in the receiving unit 120.

<User Equipment 20>

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the user equipment 20. As illustrated in FIG. 13, the user equipment 20 has a transmitting unit 210, a receiving unit 220, a configuring unit 230, and a control unit 240. The functional configuration illustrated in FIG. 13 is merely an example. As long as the operation according to the embodiments of the present invention can be executed, the functional classification and the name of the functional unit may be any classification and name.

The transmitting unit 210 generates a transmission signal from transmission data and transmits the transmission signal through radio. The receiving unit 220 receives various types of signals through radio, and obtains a signal of a higher layer from a received signal of a physical layer. The receiving unit 220 also has a function of receiving the NR-PSS, the NR-SSS, the NR-PBCH, the DL/UL/SL control signal, a reference signal, or the like transmitted from the base station apparatus 10. Furthermore, for example, the transmitting unit 210 may transmit a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH), a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH), a physical sidelink discovery channel (PSDCH), a physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH), and the like to any other user equipment 20 as the D2D communication, and the receiving unit 220 receives the PSCCH, the PSSCH, the PSDCH, the PSBCH, and the like from any other user equipment 20.

The configuring unit 230 stores various types of configuration information received from the base station apparatus 10 or the user equipment 20 through the receiving unit 220 in the storage device and reads the configuration information from the storage device as necessary. The configuring unit 230 also stores pre-configured configuration information. For example, content of the configuration information is, for example, information related to the configuration of the D2D communication or the like.

The control unit 240 controls D2D communication with other user equipment 20 as described above in the embodiments. Furthermore, the control unit 240 performs a process related to a scheduling request for D2D communication. The control unit 240 may schedule D2D communication for another user equipment 20. A functional unit related to signal transmission in the control unit 240 may be included in the transmitting unit 210, and a functional unit related to signal reception in the control unit 240 may be included in the receiving unit 220.

<Hardware Configuration>

The block diagrams (FIG. 12 and FIG. 13) used for the description of the above embodiments illustrate blocks of functional units. These functional blocks (components) are implemented by any combination of at least one of hardware and software. In addition, the implementation method of each functional block is not particularly limited. That is, each functional block may be implemented using a single device that is physically or logically combined, or may be implemented by directly or indirectly connecting two or more devices that are physically or logically separated (e.g., using wire, radio, etc.) and using these multiple devices. The functional block may be implemented by combining software with the above-described one device or the above-described plurality of devices.

Functions include, but are not limited to, judgment, decision, determination, computation, calculation, processing, derivation, research, search, verification, reception, transmission, output, access, resolution, choice, selection, establishment, comparison, assumption, expectation, deeming, broadcasting, notifying, communicating, forwarding, configuring, reconfiguring, allocating, mapping, assigning, and the like. For example, a functional block (component) that functions to transmit is called a transmitting unit or a transmitter. In either case, as described above, the implementation method is not particularly limited.

For example, the base station apparatus 10, the user equipment 20, or the like in an embodiment of the present invention may function as a computer for performing a process of radio communication method according to the present disclosure. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the base station apparatus 10 and the user equipment 20 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Each of the base station apparatus 10 and the user equipment 20 described above may be physically configured as a computer device including a processor 1001, a storage device 1002, an auxiliary storage device 1003, a communication device 1004, an input device 1005, an output device 1006, a bus 1007, and the like.

In the following description, the term “device” can be read as a circuit, device, unit, or the like. The hardware configuration of each of the base station apparatus 10 and the user equipment 20 may be configured to include one or more of each device depicted, or may be configured without including some devices.

Each function in each of the base station apparatus 10 and the user equipment 20 is implemented such that predetermined software (program) is read on hardware such as the processor 1001, the storage device 1002 and the like, and the processor 1001 performs an operation and controls communication by the communication device 1004 and at least one of reading and writing of data in the storage device 1002 and the auxiliary storage device 1003.

For example, the processor 1001 operates an operating system and controls the entire computer. The processor 1001 may be configured with a central processing unit (CPU) including an interface with a peripheral device, a control device, an operation device, a register, and the like. For example, the above-described control unit 140, the control unit 240, and the like may be implemented by the processor 1001.

Furthermore, the processor 1001 reads a program (program code), a software module, data, or the like from at least one of the auxiliary storage device 1003 and the communication device 1004 out to the storage device 1002, and executes various types of processes according to them. A program causing a computer to execute at least some of the operations described in the above embodiments is used as the program. For example, the control unit 140 of the base station apparatus 10 illustrated in FIG. 12 may be implemented by a control program which is stored in the storage device 1002 and operates on the processor 1001. Furthermore, for example, the control unit 240 of the user equipment 20 illustrated in FIG. 13 may be implemented by a control program which is stored in the storage device 1002 and operates on the processor 1001. Various types of processes are described to be executed by one processor 1001 but may be executed simultaneously or sequentially by two or more processors 1001. The processor 1001 may be implemented by one or more chips. The program may be transmitted from a network via an electric communication line.

The storage device 1002 is a computer readable recording medium and configured with at least one of a read only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable ROM (EPROM), an electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM), a random access memory (RAM), and the like. The storage device 1002 is also referred to as a “register,” a “cache,” a “main memory,” or the like. The storage device 1002 can store programs (program codes), software modules, or the like which are executable for carrying out the communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

The auxiliary storage device 1003 is a computer-readable recording medium and may be configured with, for example, at least one of an optical disk such as a compact disc ROM (CD-ROM), a hard disk drive, a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk (for example, a compact disk, a digital versatile disk, or a Blu-ray (registered trademark) disc, a smart card, a flash memory (for example, a card, a stick, or a key drive), a floppy (registered trademark) disk, a magnetic strip, and the like. The above-described storage medium may be, for example, a database, a server, or any other appropriate medium including at least one of the storage device 1002 and the auxiliary storage device 1003.

The communication device 1004 is hardware (a transmitting and receiving device) for performing communication between computers via at least one of a wired network and a wireless network and is also referred to as a “network device,” a “network controller,” a “network card,” a “communication module,” or the like. The communication device 1004 may be configured to include a high frequency switch, a duplexer, a filter, a frequency synthesizer, and the like to implement at least one of frequency division duplex (FDD) and time division duplex (TDD). For example, transmitting and receiving antennas, an amplifier, a transceiver, a transmission line interface, and the like may be implemented by the communication device 1004. The transceiver may be implemented such that a transmitter and a receiver are physically or logically separated.

The input device 1005 is an input device that receives an input from the outside (such as a keyboard, a mouse, a microphone, a switch, a button, a sensor, or the like). The output device 1006 is an output device that performs an output to the outside (for example, a display, a speaker, an LED lamp, or the like). The input device 1005 and the output device 1006 may be integrally configured (for example, a touch panel).

The respective devices such as the processor 1001 and the storage device 1002 are connected by the bus 1007 to communicate information with each other. The bus 1007 may be configured with a single bus or may be configured with different buses between the devices.

Furthermore, each of the base station apparatus 10 and the user equipment 20 may be configured to include hardware such as a microprocessor, a digital signal processor (DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a programmable logic device (PLD), or a field programmable gate array (FPGA), or all or some of the functional blocks may be implemented by hardware. For example, the processor 1001 may be implemented by at least one of these hardware components.

Conclusion of the Embodiments

As described above, according to the embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a user equipment including a control unit that determines a configuration for a transmission of a scheduling request based on whether the scheduling request is for a communication between a base station apparatus and the user equipment or the scheduling request is for a communication between the user equipment and another user equipment; a transmitting unit that transmits the scheduling request by using the configuration for the transmission of the determined scheduling request; and a receiving unit that receives a scheduling grant based on the scheduling request.

According to the above-described configuration, the user equipment 20 can transmit a scheduling request by switching a configuration for the scheduling request in accordance with whether the sidelink scheduling request is for Uu or SL. In other words, in inter-terminal direct communication, a scheduling request can be appropriately processed.

The configuration for the transmission of the determined scheduling request may include a configuration for a resource for transmitting the scheduling request, a configuration for a format for transmitting the scheduling request, a configuration for an ID of the scheduling request, or a configuration for a Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI). According to this configuration, the user equipment 20 can notify whether the scheduling request is Uu-based or SL-based depending on a resource, a format, an id, or RNTI according to which the scheduling request of the sidelink is transmitted.

When the scheduling request for the communication between the base station apparatus and the user equipment overlaps the scheduling request for the communication between the user equipment and the another user equipment at least in a time domain, the transmitting unit may prioritize and transmit one of the scheduling requests. According to this configuration, in a case where a scheduling request for Uu and a scheduling request for SL overlap, a device receiving a scheduling request can appropriately execute scheduling based on an order of priority defined in advance or configured.

When the scheduling request for the communication between the base station apparatus and the user equipment overlaps the scheduling request for the communication between the user equipment and the another user equipment at least in a time domain, the transmitting unit may transmit the scheduling request for the communication between the base station apparatus and the user equipment and the scheduling request for the communication between the user equipment and the another user equipment by using different resources. According to this configuration, in a case where a scheduling request for Uu and a scheduling request for SL overlap, a device receiving a scheduling request can identify whether the scheduling request is for Uu or for SL.

When the scheduling request for the communication between the base station apparatus and the user equipment overlaps the scheduling request for the communication between the user equipment and the another user equipment at least in a time domain, the transmitting unit may transmit the scheduling requests by using a same number of bits as a number of the overlapping scheduling requests. According to this configuration, in a case where a scheduling request for Uu and a scheduling request for SL overlap, a device receiving a scheduling request can appropriately execute scheduling on the basis of processing defined in advance or configured.

When the scheduling request for the communication between the base station apparatus and the user equipment overlaps the scheduling request for the communication between the user equipment and the another user equipment at least in a time domain, the transmitting unit may transmit a scheduling request indicating one of the overlapping scheduling requests by using a same number of bits as ceil(log₂(first number+1)), where the first number denotes a number of the overlapping scheduling requests. According to this configuration, in a case where a scheduling request for Uu and a scheduling request for SL overlap, a device receiving the scheduling request can appropriately execute scheduling on the basis of processing defined in advance or configured.

Supplemental Embodiment

The embodiments of the present invention are described above, but the disclosed invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and those skilled in the art would understand various modified examples, revised examples, alternative examples, substitution examples, and the like. In order to facilitate understanding of the invention, specific numerical value examples are used for description, but the numerical values are merely examples, and certain suitable values may be used unless otherwise stated. The classification of items in the above description is not essential to the present invention. Matters described in two or more items may be combined and used if necessary, and a matter described in one item may be applied to a matter described in another item (unless inconsistent). The boundary between functional units or processing units in a functional block diagram does not necessarily correspond to the boundary between physical parts. Operations of a plurality of functional units may be performed physically by one component, or an operation of one functional unit may be physically performed by a plurality of parts. In the processing procedure described in the embodiments, the order of the processes may be changed as long as there is no contradiction. For the sake of convenience of processing description, the base station apparatus 10 and the user equipment 20 are described using the functional block diagrams, but such devices may be implemented by hardware, software, or a combination thereof. Software executed by the processor included in the base station apparatus 10 according to the embodiments of the present invention and software executed by the processor included in the user equipment 20 according to the embodiments of the present invention may be stored in a random access memory (RAM), a flash memory, a read only memory (ROM), an EPROM, an EEPROM, a register, a hard disk (HDD), a removable disk, a CD-ROM, a database, a server, or any other appropriate storage medium.

Furthermore, a notification of information is not limited to the aspects or embodiments described in the present disclosure and may be provided by any other method. For example, the notification of information may be provided by physical layer signaling (for example, downlink control information (DCI) or uplink control information (UCI)), upper layer signaling (for example, radio resource control (RRC) signaling, medium access control (MAC) signaling, broadcast information (master information block (MIB), system information block (SIB)), other signals, or a combination thereof. Furthermore, the RRC signaling may be referred to as an RRC message and may be, for example, an RRC connection setup message, an RRC connection reconfiguration message, or the like.

Each aspect and embodiment described in the present disclosure may be applied to at least one of Long Term Evolution (LTE), LTE-advanced (LTE-A), SUPER 3G, IMT-advanced, 4th generation mobile communication system (4G), 5th generation mobile communication system (5G), Future Radio Access (FRA), new Radio (NR), W-CDMA (registered trademark), GSM (registered trademark), CDMA 2000, Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi(registered trademark)), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX(registered trademark)), IEEE 802.20, Ultra-WideBand (UWB), Bluetooth (registered trademark), a system using any other appropriate system, and next generation systems extended based on these standards. Furthermore, a plurality of systems (e.g., a combination of at least one of LTE and LTE-A with 5G) may be combined to be applied.

The processing procedures, the sequences, the flowcharts, and the like of the respective aspects/embodiments described in this specification may be reversed in order provided that there is no contradiction. For example, the method described in the present disclosure presents elements of various steps with an exemplary order and is not limited to a presented specific order.

In this specification, a specific operation to be performed by the base station apparatus 10 may be performed by an upper node in some cases. In the network including one or more network nodes including the base station apparatus 10, various operations performed for communication with the user equipment 20 can be obviously performed by at least one of the base station apparatus 10 and any network node (for example, an MME, an S-GW, or the like is considered, but it is not limited thereto) other than the base station apparatus 10. A case is exemplified above in which there is one network node other than the base station apparatus 10. The one network node may be a combination of a plurality of other network nodes (e.g., MME and S-GW).

Information, a signal, or the like described in the present disclosure may be output from an upper layer (or a lower layer) to a lower layer (or an upper layer). Information, a signal, or the like described in the present disclosure may be input and output via a plurality of network nodes.

Input and output information and the like may be stored in a specific place (for example, a memory) or may be managed through a management table. Input and output information and the like may be overwritten, updated, or additionally written. Output information and the like may be deleted. Input information and the like may be transmitted to another device.

The determination the present disclosure may be performed in accordance with a value (0 or 1) indicated by one bit, may be performed in accordance with a Boolean value (true or false), or may be performed by a comparison of numerical values (for example, a comparison with a predetermined value).

Software can be interpreted widely to mean a command, a command set, a code, a code segment, a program code, a program, a subprogram, a software module, an application, a software application, a software package, a routine, a subroutine, an object, an executable file, an execution thread, a procedure, a function, and the like regardless of whether software is called software, firmware, middleware, a microcode, a hardware description language, or any other name.

Further, software, commands, information, and the like may be transmitted and received via a transmission medium. For example, when software is transmitted from a web site, a server, or any other remote source using a wired technology (such as a coaxial cable, a fiber optic cable, a twisted pair, or a digital subscriber line (DSL)) and a radio technology (such as infrared rays or a microwave), at least one of the wired technology and the radio technology are included in a definition of a transmission medium.

Information, signals, and the like described in this disclosure may be indicated using any one of a variety of different techniques. For example, data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, chips, and the like which are mentioned throughout the above description may be indicated by voltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magnetic particles, optical fields or photons, or any combination thereof.

The terms described in the present disclosure and terms necessary for understanding the present disclosure may be replaced with terms having the same or similar meanings. For example, at least one of a channel and a symbol may be a signal. Further, a signal may be a message. Further, a component carrier (CC) may be referred to as a “carrier frequency,” a “cell,” or the like.

The terms “system” and “network” used in the present disclosure are used interchangeably. Further, information, parameters, and the like described in the present disclosure may be indicated by absolute values, may be indicated by relative values from predetermined values, or may be indicated by corresponding other information. For example, radio resources may be those indicated by an index.

The names used for the above-described parameters are not limited in any respect. Further, mathematical formulas or the like using the parameters may be different from those explicitly disclosed in the present disclosure. Since various channels (for example, a PUCCH, a PDCCH, and the like) and information elements can be identified by suitable names, various names assigned to the various channels and the information elements are not limited in any respect.

In the present disclosure, the terms “base station (BS),” “radio base station,” “base station apparatus,” “fixed station,” “Node B,” “eNode B (eNB),” “gNodeB (gNB),” “access point,” “transmission point,” “reception point,” “transmission/reception point,” “cell,” “sector,” “cell group,” “carrier,” “component carrier,” and the like can be used interchangeably. The base stations may also be indicated by terms such as a macrocell, a small cell, a femtocell, and a picocell.

The base station eNB can accommodate one or more (for example, three) cells. In a case in which the base station accommodates a plurality of cells, the entire coverage area of the base station can be partitioned into a plurality of small areas, and each small area can provide a communication service through a base station subsystem (for example, a small indoor base station (a remote radio head (RRH)). The term “cell” or “sector” refers to the whole or a part of the coverage area of at least one of the base station and the base station subsystem that performs a communication service in the coverage.

In the present disclosure, the terms “mobile station (MS),” “user terminal,” “user equipment (UE),” “terminal,” and the like can be used interchangeably.

The mobile station may be referred to, by a person ordinarily skilled in the art, as a subscriber station, a mobile unit, a subscriber unit, a wireless unit, a remote unit, a mobile device, a wireless device, a wireless communication device, a remote device, a mobile subscriber station, an access terminal, a mobile terminal, a wireless terminal, a remote terminal, a handset, a user agent, a mobile client, a client, or some other suitable terms.

At least one of the base station and the mobile station may be also referred to as a transmitting device, a receiving device, a communication device, or the like. At least one of the base station and the mobile station may be a device installed in a mobile body, a mobile body itself, or the like. The mobile body may be a vehicle (for example, a car, an airplane, or the like), an unmanned body that moves (for example, a drone, an autonomous car or the like), or a robot (manned type or unmanned type). At least one of the base station and the mobile station includes a device which need not move during a communication operation. For example, at least one of the base station and the mobile station may be an Internet of things (IoT) device such as a sensor.

Further, the base station in the present disclosure may be replaced with a user terminal. For example, each aspect/embodiment of the present disclosure may be applied to a configuration in which communication between the base station and the user terminal is replaced with communication between a plurality of units of user equipment 20 (for example, which may be referred to as device-to-device (D2D) or vehicle-to-everything (V2X)). In this case, the user equipment 20 may have the functions of the base station apparatus 10 described above. Further, the terms “uplink” and “downlink” may be replaced with terms (for example, “side”) corresponding to inter-terminal communication. For example, an uplink channel, a downlink channel, or the like may be replaced with side channels.

Similarly, the user terminal in the present disclosure may be replaced with the base station. In this case, the base station may have the functions of the above-mentioned user terminal.

The term “determining” used in this specification may include a wide variety of actions. For example, “determining” may include, for example, events in which events such as judging, calculating, computing, processing, deriving, investigating, looking up, search, and inquiry (for example, looking up in a table, a database, or another data structure), or ascertaining are regarded as “determining.” Further, “determining” may include, for example, events in which events such as receiving (for example, receiving information), transmitting (for example, transmitting information), input, output, or accessing (for example, accessing data in a memory) are regarded as “determining.” Further, “determining” may include, for example, events in which events such as resolving, selecting, choosing, establishing, or comparing are regarded as “determining.” In other words, “determining” may include events in which a certain operation is regarded as “determining.” Further, “determining” may be replaced with “assuming,” “expecting,” “considering,” or the like.

Terms “connected,” “coupled,” or variations thereof means any direct or indirect connection or coupling between two or more elements and may include the presence of one or more intermediate elements between two elements which are “connected” or “coupled.” The coupling or the connection between the elements may be physical, logical, or a combination thereof. For example, “connection” may be replaced with “access.” In a case in which used in the present disclosure, two elements may be considered to be “connected” or “coupled” with each other using at least one of one or more electric wires, cables and/or a printed electrical connection or using electromagnetic energy having a wavelength in a radio frequency domain, a microwave region, or a light (both visible and invisible) region as non-limiting and non-exhaustive examples.

A reference signal may be abbreviated as RS and may be referred to as a pilot, depending on a standard to be applied.

A phrase “based on” used in the present disclosure is not limited to “based only on” unless otherwise stated. In other words, a phrase “based on” means both “based only on” and “based on at least.”

Any reference to an element using a designation such as “first,” “second,” or the like used in the present disclosure does not generally restrict quantities or an order of those elements. Such designations can be used in the present disclosure as a convenient method of distinguishing two or more elements. Thus, reference to the first and second elements does not mean that only two elements can be adopted there, or the first element must precede the second element in a certain form.

Furthermore, “means” in the configuration of each of the above-described devices may be replaced with “unit,” “circuit,” “device,” or the like.

In a case in which “include,” “including,” and variations thereof are used in the present disclosure, these terms are intended to be comprehensive, similar to a term “provided with (comprising).” Further, the term “or” used in the present disclosure is intended not to be an exclusive OR.

A radio frame may include one or more frames in the time domain. In the time domain, each of one or more frames may be referred to as a subframe. The subframe may further include one or more slots in the time domain. The subframe may have a fixed time length (for example, 1 ms) not depending on numerology.

The numerology may be a communication parameter applied to at least one of transmission and reception of a certain signal or channel. For example, the numerology may indicate at least one of a subcarrier spacing (SCS), a bandwidth, a symbol length, a cyclic prefix length, a transmission time interval (TTI), a number of symbols per TTI, a radio frame configuration, a specific filtering process performed in the frequency domain by a transceiver, a specific windowing process performed in the time domain by a transceiver, and the like.

The slot may include one or more symbols (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) symbols, or the like) in the time domain. The slot may be a time unit based on the numerology.

The slot may include a plurality of mini slots. Each mini slot may include one or more symbols in the time domain. Further, the mini slot may be referred to as a sub-slot. The mini slot may include fewer symbols than a slot. A PDSCH (or PUSCH) transmitted in units of times greater than the mini slot may be referred to as a PDSCH (or PUSCH) mapping type A. A PDSCH (or PUSCH) transmitted using a mini slot may be referred to as a PDSCH (or PUSCH) mapping type B.

All of a radio frame, a subframe, a slot, a mini slot, and a symbol indicates a time unit for transmitting a signal. As a radio frame, a subframe, a slot, a mini slot, and a symbol, different names respectively corresponding to them may be used.

For example, one subframe may be referred to as a transmission time interval (TTI: Transmission Time Interval), or a plurality of consecutive subframes may be referred to as a TTI, or one slot or one mini slot may be referred to as a TTI. In other words, at least one of the subframe and the TTI may be a subframe (1 ms) in the existing LTE, may be a period shorter than 1 ms (for example, 1 to 13 symbols), or may be referred to as a period longer than 1 ms. A unit representing the TTI may be referred to as slot, a mini slot, or the like instead of the subframe.

Here, for example, the TTI refers to a minimum time unit of scheduling in radio communication. For example, in the LTE system, the base station performs scheduling of assigning a radio resource (a frequency bandwidth, a transmission power, or the like which can be used in each user equipment 20) to each user equipment 20 in units of TTIs. The definition of the TTI is not limited thereto.

The TTI may be a transmission time unit such as a channel coded data packet (transport block), a code block, or a code word, or may be a processing unit such as scheduling or link adaptation. Furthermore, when a TTI is provided, a time interval (for example, the number of symbols) in which a transport block, a code block, a code word, or the like is actually mapped may be shorter than the TTI.

Note that, when one slot or one mini slot is referred to as a TTI, one or more TTIs (that is, one or more slots or one or more mini slots) may be a minimum time unit of scheduling. Further, the number of slots (the number of mini slots) forming the minimum time unit of scheduling may be controlled.

A TTI having a time length of 1 ms may be referred to as a common TTI (TTI in LTE Rel. 8 to 12), a normal TTI, a long TTI, a common subframe, a normal subframe, a long subframe, a slot, or the like. A TTI shorter than the common TTI may be referred to as a reduced TTI, a short TTI, a partial TTI (a partial or fractional TTI), a reduced subframe, a short subframe, a mini slot, a sub slot, a slot, or the like.

Note that, a long TTI (for example, a common TTI, a subframe, or the like) may be replaced with a TTI having a time length exceeding 1 ms, and a short TTI (for example, a reduced TTI or the like) may be replaced with a TTI having a TTI length which is less than a TTI length of a long TTI and equal to or more than 1 ms.

The resource block (RB) is a resource allocation unit in the time domain and the frequency domain and may include one or more consecutive subcarriers in the frequency domain. The number of subcarriers included in an RB may be the same irrespective of a numerology and may be, for example, 12. The number of subcarriers included in an RB may be determined based on a numerology.

Furthermore, a time domain of an RB may include one or more symbols and may be a length of one slot, one mini slot, one subframe, or one TTI. Each of one TTI, one subframe, or the like may be formed of one or more resource blocks.

Furthermore, one or more RBs may be referred to as a physical resource block (PRB), a subcarrier group (SCG), a resource element group (REG), a PRB pair, an RB pair or the like.

Furthermore, a resource block may be formed of one or more resource elements (RE). For example, one RE may be a radio resource region of one subcarrier and one symbol.

A bandwidth part (BWP) (which may be referred to as a partial bandwidth) may indicate a subset of consecutive common resource blocks (RBs) for a certain numerology in a certain carrier. Here, a common RB may be specified by an index of an RB based on a common reference point of a carrier. A PRB may be defined in a BWP and numbered in a BWP.

The BWP may include a BWP for UL (UL BWP) and a BWP for DL (DL BWP). In a UE, one or more BWPs may be configured within one carrier.

At least one of configured BWPs may be active, and it may not be assumed that the UE transmits and receives a predetermined signal/channel outside an active BWP. Further, a “cell,” a “carrier,” or the like in the present disclosure may be replaced with a “BWP.”

Structures of the radio frame, the sub frame, slot, the mini slot, and the symbol are merely examples. For example, configurations such as the number of subframes included in a radio frame, the number of slots per subframe or radio frame, the number of mini slots included in a slot, the number of symbols and RBs included in a slot or a mini slot, the number of subcarriers included in an RB, the number of symbols in a TTI, a symbol length, a cyclic prefix (CP) length, and the like can be variously changed.

In the entire present disclosure, for example, when an article such as “a,” “an,” or “the” in English is added by a translation, the present disclosure may include a case in which a noun following the article is the plural.

In the present disclosure, a term “A and B are different” may mean “A and B are different from each other.” Furthermore, the term may mean “each of A and B is different from C.” Terms such as “separated,” “coupled,” or the like may also be interpreted in similarly to “different.”

Each aspect/embodiment described in this specification may be used alone, in combination, or may be switched in accordance with the execution. Furthermore, notification of predetermined information (for example, notification of “being X”) is not limited to an explicit method, and may be performed by an implicit method (e.g., not performing notification of the predetermined information).

Note that, in the present disclosure, the sidelink communication is an example of inter-terminal direct communication.

Although the present disclosure is described above in detail, it is obvious to those skilled in the art that the present disclosure is not limited to the embodiments described in the present disclosure. The present disclosure may be implemented as revised and modified embodiments without departing from the gist and scope of the present disclosure as set forth in claims.

Accordingly, the description of the present disclosure is for the purpose of illustration and does not have any restrictive meaning to the present disclosure.

LIST OF REFERENCE SYMBOLS

-   -   10 base station apparatus     -   110 transmitting unit     -   120 receiving unit     -   130 configuring unit     -   140 control unit     -   20 user equipment     -   210 transmitting unit     -   220 receiving unit     -   230 configuring unit     -   240 control unit     -   1001 processor     -   1002 storage device     -   1003 auxiliary storage device     -   1004 communication device     -   1005 input device     -   1006 output device 

1. A user equipment comprising: a control unit that determines a configuration for a transmission of a scheduling request based on whether the scheduling request is for a communication between a base station apparatus and the user equipment or the scheduling request is for a communication between the user equipment and another user equipment; a transmitting unit that transmits the scheduling request by using the configuration for the transmission of the determined scheduling request; and a receiving unit that receives a scheduling grant based on the scheduling request.
 2. The user equipment of claim 1, wherein the configuration for the transmission of the determined scheduling request includes a configuration for a resource for transmitting the scheduling request, a configuration for a format for transmitting the scheduling request, a configuration for an ID of the scheduling request, or a configuration for a Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI).
 3. The user equipment of claim 1, wherein, when the scheduling request for the communication between the base station apparatus and the user equipment overlaps the scheduling request for the communication between the user equipment and the another user equipment at least in a time domain, the transmitting unit prioritizes and transmits one of the scheduling requests.
 4. The user equipment of claim 1, wherein, when the scheduling request for the communication between the base station apparatus and the user equipment overlaps the scheduling request for the communication between the user equipment and the another user equipment at least in a time domain, the transmitting unit transmits the scheduling request for the communication between the base station apparatus and the user equipment and the scheduling request for the communication between the user equipment and the another user equipment by using different resources.
 5. The user equipment of claim 1, wherein, when the scheduling request for the communication between the base station apparatus and the user equipment overlaps the scheduling request for the communication between the user equipment and the another user equipment at least in a time domain, the transmitting unit transmits the scheduling requests by using a same number of bits as a number of the overlapping scheduling requests.
 6. The user equipment of claim 1, wherein, when the scheduling request for the communication between the base station apparatus and the user equipment overlaps the scheduling request for the communication between the user equipment and the another user equipment at least in a time domain, the transmitting unit transmits a scheduling request indicating one of the overlapping scheduling requests by using a same number of bits as ceil(log₂(first number+1)), where the first number denotes a number of the overlapping scheduling requests. 